PSA if you use Windows -= The Snipping Tool has improved, & I think many folks haven't noticed. It now has an Optical Character Reader built in. Works for me on very fine print, print on visually confusing backgrounds, wrinkled scans, etc. (Pin it to your toolbar and you'll use it more often.)

Seems only fair:

Here's what the top of this article OUGHT to say: This is a HIGHLY FACTUAL, DEEPLY RESEARCHED piece. It's TOLD as a hypothetical. It walks you through the way these processes could play out in one case, from the POV of one mom who has always tried very hard to Do The Right Things for her kids...

This shit is real, y'all. There's been NO "softening" of the bullshit, illegal violence. Post from the President of the Minneapolis City Council.

Do you lot care NOTHING for Historical Accuracy?

MEASLES is being weaponized. The nicest thing one could say about this is "persistent willful ignorance," and "reckless disregard for human life." Putin rejoices, y'all.

Right now: the federal government has to help these folks and get the power back on, and if they can’t, they should resign After that: we need a Grid New Deal and rebuild the grid for this century

Once more for the people in the back:

PSA for instrumentalists:

TEEN VOGUE, y'all! Kim Kelly! Bread and Roses

(At minimum, expose him to direct sunlight.)

Pilot makes a strong point:

Lots of communities are joining the Resistance...

Betty has solid skills in arithmetic:

As predicted, the MAGAs are now trying to blame a baby for being flash banged

New personal-safety tips just dropped:

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Avoid the AI "unmasking" bullshit. Bookmark the people who do serious work on visual data.

Make it viral.

If you are nationally observing on here what is happening in Minneapolis today, repost the below and donate.

I think there's a point where you are so angry that you run out of mental space for fear, and I think a lot of Minneapolis and St. Paul were there, today.

This is 100% true for whatever value of "the video". My guide to avoiding traumatizing media and how to do it more psychologically safely if you absolutely *must* watch it: synecdochic.dreamwidth.org/803314.html

Food for thought all through this thread. But Pres. Smith reigns supreme.

I appreciate people who can cut through the details to the Big Picture:

SJUPP!

Some people seem to be looking at this situation backwards:

Learn from the divas of your heritage, folks:

Hey, @profanity.accountant, how am I doing with that New Year's resolution?

"Use a pic from your gallery to describe your mental status..." My favorite thing about this image from 25 Nov 2025 is that THIS WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS 4-BUS SITUATION HAD OCCURRED.

SUBSTACK SCAM WARNING: Before you pony up $10 to read last night's Part II by LIZZA about NUZZI and whoever - Be aware that trying to CANCEL a paid subscription to Substack could turn into your new hobby: www.reddit.com/r/Substack/c...

"How can a person truly believe that 15-year-olds can sell sex to middle-aged men, but can’t affirm their own gender?"

"MUTE 'Nuzzi'" has failed me. (But these *are* the most poetic pair of posts I've stumbled upon thus far.) Involuntary fannish osmosis says the book was written on her phone? CANNOT DISCONFIRM.

True for a while! Younger boomers can tell you what warm feelings we had for Garrison Keillor. How nice to listen to the radio on Saturdays, his voice rolling out from Lake Woebegon. But when his sexual harassment came out, that was *if* - and his behavior felt *worse* because he'd been a favorite.

HARRUMPH!

Public Service Announcement:

FIX YOUR HEARTS OR DIE

This is getting serious, kids: www.buzzfeed.com/jake_farring...

NYT is sucking harder and harder, y'all.

Today a wave of destruction wiped out the smart, brave journalism at TeenVogue. Follow these folks, y'all. They're the real deal.

Concerning:

From our talented friends in PDX (with applause from David Jenkins, too):

Hey, kids! Grandmother Catfish says: "Don't bite that bait!"

Thank goodness!

TUNE IN, Y'all! Medicaid is a lot more important to you and your community than you have heard about

everything about this is iconic, from the hair to the shoulder pads to the reveal that she addresses herself as “bitch” to the absolute murder in her eyes in that first shot. that is a woman who homophobes would cross the street to avoid for fear of their life. absolute ally goals

HEY, Y'ALL -- READ THIS. Read it slowly. Read it out loud. Listen to your own voice. Clip and save. (The source and more is in the thread.)

NEW LEVEL UNLOCKED:

A lot of y'all haven't heard about this wrinkle... ...which may kick almost 8 million older people off MediCARE as a result of cuts to MedicAID. (That's separate from how MedicAID pays for a big number of people in "nursing homes" - see my next skeet.) Check it out:

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